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Drew Peterson To Appear On Dateline NBC

Peterson, a convicted murderer, will give his first network TV interview in a decade in Friday's episode.

In this May 8, 2009 file photo, former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson arrives at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, for his arraignment on charges of first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his former wife Kathleen Savio.
In this May 8, 2009 file photo, former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson arrives at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, for his arraignment on charges of first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his former wife Kathleen Savio. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

BOLINGBROOK, IL — Drew Peterson, who was convicted of the murder of his third wife Kathleen Savio in 2012, will speak on Dateline NBC on Friday, according to a release from the network.

This will be the first network TV interview in over a decade for Peterson, and will discuss Savio's murder and the disappearance of Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, a release states.

In the episode, which airs at 8 p.m. Friday, Peterson maintains his innocence and tells Dateline NBC correspondent Natalie Morales that he was a "loving husband," according to a release from NBC.

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Morales will also speak with Stacy Peterson's sister Cassandra Cales, who continues to search for Stacy; as well as Kathleen Savio's sister Sue Doman and Will County State's Attorney Jim Glasgow.

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Peterson was also convicted of solicitation of murder for hire of Glasgow in 2016.

Friday's episode of Dateline NBC will also feature Drew Peterson's brother speaking for the first time, according to a release from NBC.

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